Congratulations to the QLD Liberal National Party on voting to abandon net zero!
They join the Western Australian, South Australian and Northern Territory Country Liberals.
The tide is turning.
Australia contributes just over 1 per cent of global emissions.
And reaching net zero could cost a staggering $7–9 trillion – as estimated by independent experts.
Net zero is an absurd policy that will impoverish and de-industrialise our nation to achieve an emissions reduction target that, in an Australian context, will not alter global temperatures one iota.
Net zero is not just an energy policy that will cause your power bills to keep going up.
It’s about the government dictating how you and your family should live, what you should drive, and what you should eat.
It’s about telling businesses how to operate.
It’s about restricting what our farmers can produce and what our manufacturers can make.
Net zero is another mechanism for Labor to move Australia away from a free-market economy and towards a state-directed and controlled economy.
Net zero is about reducing your freedom.
It’s time we pushed back against this freedom-eroding nonsense.